Hair curler



May 3, 1938. J. GOODMAN 2,116,112

HAIR CURLER Filed Aug. 3, 1935 INVENTOR J4co5 GOODMAN.

ATTORNEY Patented May 3, 1938 ZJEGJEZ HAIR CURLER Jacob Goodman, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to Delamere Company, Inc., a corporation of Delaware Application August 3, 1935, Serial No. 34,522

3 Claims.

This invention relates to hair curlers and more particularly to improvements in that type of curler which is intended to be retained in the hair until the curl has been formed.

An object of my invention is to provide a hair curler of generally soft pliable construction so that it may be comfortably worn in the hair even during sleep or while resting the head on a pillow.

A further object is to provide a device of this type with means for gripping the ends of the hair prior to rolling the hair into a curl.

Another object is to provide a curler which is simple and inexpensive to manufacture, and easy to manipulate.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel features of construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:-

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved hair curler partly broken away, and showing the hair ends clamped in full lines in one position, and in dot-and-dash lines in another;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof showing ends of hair gripped in the clamp prior to rolling the hair into a curl;

Fig. 3 is a view of the device showing the hair rolled thereon;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view showing the pivoted connection of the clamp to the tube;

Fig. 5 is a similar view showing a modification of the pivotal connection; and

Fig. 6 is a sectional view of a modified form of the device.

as, for instance, by means of the staple l3.

Extending lengthwise over the tube I is a clamp M. This clamp grips the ends of the hair l onto the tube prior to rolling the hair into a curl. After the hair has been rolled, the elastic cord H is stretched over the roll and the tip I2 is inserted in the open end of the tube so as t retain the device in the hair.

In the form of the invention shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4, the clamp has ears l6 which extend on opposite sides of the tube at one end and are perforated for reception of the pin IT to provide a pivotal connection of the clamp to the tube.

In the form of device shown in Fig. 5, the ears of the clamp are formed with integral inwardly extending lugs l8 which are, in this instance, used to provide the pivotal connection instead of the pin l1,

Fig. 6 illustrates a further modification of the device wherein a spring clamp I9 is employed instead of the pivoted clamp l4 previously described. The spring clamp consists of a piece of metal bent in substantially U-shape, having one leg 2|] of the U inserted in the tube H and having the other leg 21 lying lengthwise over the tube. The leg 20 may be secured to the tube by means of the staple fastening 22 as shown, or in any other suitable manner. In this form of the device the ends of the hair are clamped between the tube and the leg 2| of the spring clamp prior to rolling the hair into a curl.

What I claim is:-

1. A hair curler comprising a soft rubber tube having a laterally compressible wall and a hollow bore, a clamp extending lengthwise of the tube, and an elastic cord fastened at one end of the tube and having a tip at its free end which is insertable in the opposite end of the tube when the cord is stretched lengthwise over the tube.

2. A hair curler comprising a soft rubber tube having a laterally compressible wall and a hollow bore, a clamp pivotally mounted on the tube and extending lengthwise thereof, and an elastic cord fastened at one end of the tube and having a tip at its free end which is insertable in the opposite end of the tube when the cord is stretched lengthwise over the tube.

3. A hair curler comprising a soft rubber tube having a laterally compressible wall and a hollow bore, a spring clamp extending lengthwise of the tube, and an elastic cord fastened at one end of the tube and having a tip at its free end which is insertable in the opposite end of the tube tube.

JACOB GOODMAN. 

